Albion Grieves Loss of Hal Wyss

English professor Hal Wyss passed away July 28 after a short illness at the age of 75. During his 35-year tenure (1970-2005) with Albion College's English Department, Wyss also worked as an administrator, serving at different times as the assistant, interim or acting dean of the faculty. He also was named the College's Advisor of the Year and was also a recipient of the Student Senate's Teacher of the Year award.

Chase's Indus Valley Research Draws Media Coverage

Assistant professor of anthropology Brad Chase is back in India this summer (he was also there in 2013), and his research into the agricultural and culinary practices of the ancient Indus Valley civilization is the subject of a July 29 feature in The Hindu, the second-largest English-language newspaper in India, with a daily print circulation of more than 1.3 million.

Albion Hotel Project Takes Big Step Forward

A $1 million grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, announced earlier this week, clears the way for a four-story, 72-room boutique hotel to be constructed at the corner of Superior and Porter streets downtown.Nearly $1 million in additional funds will come from the City of Albion Brownfield Redevelopment Authority to prepare the site for the build."The hotel is another important step forward for our city, less than a year after the reopening of our beautiful landmark Bohm Theatre across the street," said Albion College President Mauri Ditzler.

Urso, '15, and Bogus, '16: Quick Learners at Quicken Loans

Fresh off the men's lacrosse program's finest season to date, Albion College student-athletes Tim Urso, '15 (far left), and Brad Bogus, '16, are teammates of a sort this summer as interns at Quicken Loans in Detroit. Finance major Urso, who will graduate in December 2015, is learning about mortgage banking, while Bogus, a business and organizations major, is a business analyst intern.